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Track And Field

Namibian Johannes wins Nagoya Women's Marathon

Mar 10, 2019

Helalia Johannes of Namibia won the Nagoya Women's Marathon, upsetting Kenyans Visiline Jepkesho and Valary Jemeli

Liu Hong of China sets WR in women's 50K race walk

Mar 9, 2019

Liu Hong of China has set a world record in the women's 50-kilometer race walk, becoming the first woman to finish the event in under 4 hours

Ethiopian Legese wins rain-hit Tokyo Marathon, Chumba third

Mar 3, 2019

Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese won the rain-hit Tokyo Marathon, denying defending champion Dickson Chumba of Kenya a third consecutive title

Osaka's US Open win re-opens identity discussion in Japan

Sep 13, 2018

Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to be Japanese

Women's volleyball captain Zhu leads China into Asian Games

Aug 10, 2018

A volleyball player who makes her living in Turkey is the unrivalled star of China's squad to this month's Asian Games in Indonesia

Korir runs fastest 800 since Rudisha's world record

Jul 22, 2018

Emmanuel Korir ran the fastest 800 meters since the final of the London Olympics in 2012 on the same track to win at the Anniversary Games on Sunday

Warholm exploits Samba absence to win London 400 hurdles

Jul 21, 2018

World champion Karsten Warholm used the absence of Qatar rival Abderrahman Samba to finally win a 400-meter hurdles at the Anniversary Games in London

Heat wave has Tokyo residents concerned about Olympics

Jul 20, 2018

A deadly heat wave in Japan has many residents in the Japanese capital questioning the wisdom of staging the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July and August

Anderson tops Isner 26-24 at Wimbledon; other SF suspended

Jul 13, 2018

Marathon men: Anderson wins big-serving Wimbledon epic, beating Isner 26-24 in 5th set to reach final; Djokovic-Nadal semifinal suspended

Former Olympic champion Ohuruogu announces retirement

Jun 30, 2018

Former Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu has announced her retirement from athletics